Publications by authors named "Ilham H Amarullah"
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- * The research tested 238 pre-COVID-19 confirmed dengue serum samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, using rapid tests and ELISA to compare results with dengue samples from the pandemic and COVID-19 patients.
- * Findings indicated only a small percentage (6.7%) of dengue-positive samples reacted to SARS-CoV-2, suggesting low cross-reactivity; however, caution is advised in interpreting serological test results due to the potential for false positives.
Characterization of spatial and temporal transmission of HIV infection in Surabaya, Indonesia: Geographic information system (GIS) cluster detection analysis (2016-2020).
Heliyon
September 2023
The high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections has become a devastating public health problem in Indonesia. In response, the government has taken measures to reduce the transmission of HIV and the number of deaths from HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, these efforts have not successfully reduced the spread of HIV in Surabaya.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has a significant rapid transmission is an international public health concern. Several dengue-endemic countries reported similar clinical and laboratory features between COVID-19 and dengue in the early incubation period, and thus discerning the infection is difficult. As a dengue-endemic country, Indonesia also poses the same challenge during the COVID-19 outbreak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dengue is a kind of infectious disease that was distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical areas. To date, there is no clinically approved dengue vaccine or antiviral for humans, even though there have been great efforts towards this end. Therefore, finding the effective compound against dengue virus (DENV) replication is very important.
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- Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are key mosquito species that transmit dengue, a significant global viral disease, with Aedes aegypti being the primary vector in Surabaya, Indonesia.
- A large-scale study collected over 16,600 mosquitoes from 2008 to 2015, revealing that DENV-1 was the most common serotype found, along with fluctuations in DENV types over the years.
- The research suggests that monitoring these infected mosquitoes can help predict potential future dengue outbreaks, as the circulating dengue serotypes tended to align with those seen in human cases.
Fungicidal mechanisms of cathelicidins LL-37 and CATH-2 revealed by live-cell imaging.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
November 2014
Antifungal mechanisms of action of two cathelicidins, chicken CATH-2 and human LL-37, were studied and compared with the mode of action of the salivary peptide histatin 5 (Hst5). Candida albicans was used as a model organism for fungal pathogens. Analysis by live-cell imaging showed that the peptides kill C.
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